Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Once a purchase was below €500,000, it did not have to go out to tender. It could be done through the Coast Guard. The contract was for €160,000. That sum miraculously ended up becoming €1.4 million. When the contract was put out for public tender, it had an estimated value of €160,000. Therefore, a business case was not required to go to the Department, yet the value increased to €1.4 million. Was that ever approved by the Department?